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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 8 months

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news spreading and expulsion

One pro to the light novel adaptation of TWST is more in-depth explanations for the consequences that play out. The game kind of sweeps over this, as there’s reasonable suspension of disbelief for the medium. However, in a book or mainly text-heavy form, there has to be a more pragmatic sequence of events to fill in the gaps in logic. (For example, Yuuya takes on a more explicit and active tole as a tactician in battles, there is more description about how the OB boy behaves, and just more general detail about fighting with magic overall so as to not make the OB fight scenes boring to read.) As a pragmatic person myself, this has made me really appreciate the light novel and what it does for the TWST lore!!

Another example of this is the dorm leader meeting in book 2 following Riddle’s OB. There’s a whole conversation (that’s 100% unique to the light novel only) in which the other dorm leaders have dialogue that implies they’re aware Riddle OB’d and that he should be recovering right now. People constantly whisper and stare at him, hurting Riddle’s pride. In other words, there are more obvious social consequences on display for OBing. We also get unique text which describes the pain associated with the aftermath of Overbolt.

OH YEAH AND??????? Riddle actually faced expulsion from NRC, which is NEVER brought up in the game. The only reason he could stay was because his mom put up a fight with the school administration… which is very Mrs. Rosehearts of her, but that also kind of implies that the staff told her or provided a reason as to why Riddle was being removed… MEANING SHE MIGHT KNOW ABOUT HIS OB????? 😭 But maybe not the reasons for the OB… If Mrs. Rosehearts did have all this knowledge beforehand, then it changes the context for Riddle resolving to speak with her in book 4 (during winter break). Like, Riddle would now be confronting his mom knowing that she’s aware of what he did, and knowing that he’s still indebted to her since she’s the reason they let him stay. That must place so much more guilt and shame on his shoulders, making it all the more difficult to discuss with her.

It’s crazy how these extra scenes in the light novel can recontexualize so much with so little new content… I love it 🥰

#twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland light novel #twst light novel #Riddle Rosehearts #Kuroki Yuuya #Yuuya Kuroki #disney twisted wonderland #notes from the writing raven

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yuurei20 · 5 months

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Translation from Twst the 2nd novel: Cater, Grim, Riddle, Ace, Deuce, Grim and the prefect split up into pairs to ask about the accidents befalling Spelldrive players:

"‘Yuu will come with me.’

‘Eh? 'Yuu will come with me?’’ Yuuya echoes Riddle’s words back at him with a puzzled look. ‘The two of us will be doing the investigation together?’

‘Yes. I believe that this is the best arrangement.’

‘Eh, but, no, uh…I can’t use magic, so I think I will only be a burden for you.’

‘That is precisely why I am pairing you with myself. The best possible solution is us working together so that you will have my support, as the person with the strongest magic and the deepest understanding of the school.’

‘I was thinking that I might do all right with one of the others, though.’

Riddle points a finger at each member of the group, in turn, as he explains: ‘Cater is to pair with Grim. Cater can get along with anyone, and he will cover for Grim’s erratic behavior. Ace and Deuce are to investigate while seeing to their various tasks around the dorm. The first-years are busy with dormitory work this time of year, as the upperclassmen must prepare for the Spelldrive tournament.’

Riddle’s plan makes perfect sense. But there is no allowance to be made for Yuuya, who can already feel himself becoming overwhelmed.

Yuuya and Riddle have hardly ever held a conversation. And those rare times that they have interacted have not been on particularly friendly terms. And now they are to be alone together, and Yuuya cannot tell how he is even supposed to interact.

He is uncomfortable about approaching Riddle casually, like Ace and Deuce, and he cannot imagine Riddle initiating a friendly conversation, as if he is no different from Trey and Cater.

‘Do you object?’ Riddle asks with a curious look, in response to Yuuya’s stuttering. Despite Yuuya’s frankness, Riddle seems oblivious to the possibility that he may be disliked.

Yuuya is, honestly, somewhat afraid of Riddle. Possibly even more so than he had been back when Riddle was called the tyrant. Because, now, he has seen Riddle’s overblot form.

How can a human possibly harbor such forceful rage, such crippling sadness?

As someone who avoids all conflict in favor of going about his life as peacefully as possible, Yuuya has difficulty understanding this ruthlessness. Does Riddle feel nothing towards these people with whom he clashed barely a month prior? Is Yuuya the only one uncomfortable with the idea of being alone with him?

Yuuya glances to Ace and Deuce for help, but they both shrug. While nothing is said aloud, Yuuya manages to deduce what they mean through the movement of their lips: ‘Sorry, Yuu.’ ‘We can’t stop him.’

Flustered, Yuuya looks to Grim, who is quite happily focused on his tea and cookies. Blissfully oblivious to Yuuya’s situation, Grim is most content.

While looking a bit uncomfortable where he sits at Riddle’s side, Cater manages a smile. ‘Well, not much we can do. If you insist, Riddle-kun, then…’

Riddle gives a firm nod in response.

‘Our hands are tied,’ Cater says, with a wink and a wry smile for Yuuya. ‘It’s true that, for efficiency and to keep Yuu-chan safe, this might be the best option. Leave Gri-chan to me.’

‘Good. No objections?’

‘Can’t be helped. I’ll look out for Cater for ya.’

‘Got it! Understood!’ Ace’s reply is enthusiastic, and he spares a side glance to the flustered Yuuya. Ace has been grinning all the while, likely entertained by the combination of Yuuya and Riddle.

‘In that case, let us go our separate ways. Everyone get an appropriate amount of rest in order to be prepared for tomorrow.’

The three groups set their rendezvous locations, and the strategy meeting ends.

While they are, admittedly, making progress, Yuuya leaves Heartslabyul with a heavy heart.”

#twstnovel2 #twst translations #twisted wonderland #Kuroki Yuuya

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britishassistant · 6 months

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Soooo. Can I request a story? If so can the story be were in the superhero and super villain au were Malleus is fighting his heroes and his machines backfires (like dr. Doof) and it turns him into a baby version him

You finds him because they wanted to visit him and now they have to take care of a baby Malleus until the effects were off

Thank you for the ask, dear anon!

What about while Yuu is in baby form, Tsunotaro is trying to make a machine to return them to their normal form once he’s stolen them back from Octo Dealer and Poison Queen.

The only problem is that he took Yuuken and that wimpy reporter hostage to ensure the Prefect couldn’t interfere with his schemes, but that Yuuya kept asking questions, and Tsunotaro couldn’t concentrate, especially since that guy used the words grotesque and gargoyle interchangeably—!!

The machine backfires.

Yuuken, Yuuya, Lilia, Silver and Sebek are now staring down at a tiny Malleus. A tiny Malleus who is tearing up at all the strange and scary looking adults.

A thunderstorm breaks out in time with the infant crying.

Across the city, Epel is almost brought to tears when Yuu is woken up by thunder crashing outside.

#twisted wonderland #twst #supervillain au #malleus draconia #tsunotarou #enma yuuken #kuroki yuuya #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #twst silver

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ice-cream-writes-stuff · 1 year

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The MCs!

Yuu! [Game]

Enma Yuuken [Manga]

Kuroki Yuuya [Novel]

(Y/N) [....]

(Y/N): So... You are all technically my best friends now!

The MC's: Cool.

I headcannon personally that all the Yuu's/MCs have a little club and all they do is gossip about the twst characters and (Y/N).

No Grims allowed and no (Y/N) allowed. They even put a polite sign out durring their club hours.

Or Floyd.

Yuu = Shrimp

Yuuken = Lobster

Yuuya = Royal Red Shrimp

(Y/N) = (any sea creature/Red Cherry Shrimp)

I need a moment where the MCs/Are getting ready for the twst events.

I need a meme where it's all the MCs and (Y/N), like that meme with the girl and like, 10 guys or something!!

Put that im ask box bois!

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yumedeer · 5 months

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🪞The twins (somehow) meet the official manga and novel Yuus🪞

🤺Yuuken: My name's Yuuken, but everyone in NRC calls me Yuu.

🥋Yuuka: Same here, I'm Yuuka, but they call me Yuu there.

🖤Yuuya: Same... My name is Yuuya, but everyone calls me Yuu, too...

🍤Yuuta: Look at that! I'm also called Yuu and my name's Yuuta.

❄️Yukiko: I'm Yukiko, but Yuu is my brother's name, so everyone calls me just Yuki.

🍤Yuuta: Wow, at least that's a bit more different.

🥋Yuuka: And what about you?

😼Yuu: Me? I'm Yuu.

🤺Yuuken: Yuu as a short of what?

😼Yuu:

❄️ Yukiko: *snorts*

😼Yuu: ...Of nothing, I'm just... Yuu.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland yuu #twisted wonderland oc #yuu oshiro #yukiko oshiro #enma yuuken #hirasaka yuuka #kuroki yuuya #mito yuuta #manga #novel #fic #fanfic #november 2022 #25th

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llolian · 1 year

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I love how twst just went ahead and gave us a canon girl MC cause I just can't with the unnecessary female MC vs male MC discourse. We have a masculine yuu (yuuken), a feminine yuu (yuuka), an androgynous yuu (game yuu), and a yuu that doesn't feel like he fits in with Earth society (yuuya). Essentially it's their way of saying that everyone is welcome in this fanbase!

#twst #twisted wonderland #twst yuu #rambles #kuroki yuuya #enma yuuken

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amecchi · 1 month

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Does anyone know wtf happened to the twst novel fan translation?? I just recently returned to the twst fandom after about 2 years and wanted to read it because it's my favourite version of twst (plus yuuya is my fav yuu), but I can't find it. I even checked the reddit post where it was announced, and it's deleted??

Did something happen, or was it just discontinued? And are there any other translations I can read?

Update: I found the translation, but I still dont know wtf happened. It hasn't been updated in a long time.

#genuinely wtf happened #twisted wonderland #twst #kuroki yuuya #twst disney

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olivia-anderson-fanfic · 7 months

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Yuu can do it!

Part 34

First<Previous>Next

Masterlist

Listen, if you ever get called in for a school assembly, it’s a trap.

You can’t escape them, obviously, they’re required, this information is only meant to say ‘prepare yourself for the worst’.

You have been warned.

Regardless, Enma stood in the back of the group with his dorm mates, each person more confused than the last as they quietly debated as to why they were there amongst themselves. Classes had been canceled for whatever this was, it must have been important. Right?

Crowley stepped onto the stage.

Ah. Not right, then.

He cleared his throat, tapping the mic until everyone fell silent.

“It has come to my attention that quite a few of you students do not know how to cook.”

“I was wondering if he was going to get me back for making him clean up those cauldrons,” Ito mumbled.

“So, I have taken it upon myself to ask the ghosts to teach you!”

“Can he really say he took it upon himself, then?” Kuroki mused.

“And, as everyone and their mother would bribe the judges if I left it up to you students, I will be the one taste-testing your dishes.”

Grim rubbed his paws together. “I’m going to poison him.”

Ito and Grim high-fived.

“You will not pass until you have made a dish worthy of my distinct palate!”

Enma sunk to his knees, horror washing over him.

One month into school, and he was already going to fail a class.

“We’ll help,” Ito promised, placing a hand on Enma’s shoulder, an attempt at comfort that, despite its inefficacy, he appreciated in these trying times.

“There’s nothing you can do,” he said solemnly.

Kuroki was screaming, fumbling with the pin on a fire extinguisher. Deuce lifted his wand to try and help with the kitchen fire, about to call for water, but Kuroki beamed him over the head with the now-weapon because it was a KITCHEN FIRE DO NOT PUT WATER ON IT ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE NO WONDER YOU GUYS ALMOST BURNED DOWN OUR DORM –!

Ito watched on, thoughtful.

Enma sighed. He wasn’t even sure how he had done it. He had been making a grilled cheese sandwich.

“Honestly, man, I think I’m just going to make your dish for you,” they said.

Enma sighed. “That’s cheating.”

The Wolf man that Enma often saw while going on morning runs gave him an approving nod.

“Are you mentally prepared to fail a class?”

“… fine.”

(Wolf man seemed very disappointed in him now. Whoops?)

Despite the general chaos that was a couple hundred teen boys trying to learn how to cook, there was a quiet corner of the kitchen. The far corner, to be exact, where almost every vice house warden (and Azul) had chosen to reside. It was relaxing, almost, listening to them all bustle about, to smell the sizzling garlic and lingering spices in the air, to take part in the murmured conversations as they worked around each other.

Kuroki wasn’t nearly as talented as any of these people — he could cook, sure, but not anything special, only really the few recipes he had figured out over the years — but he was allowed to be a part of their group. Mostly because he was pretty quiet and calm around people he didn’t know that well.

Enma was also there. He wasn’t allowed to touch the food anymore, though, so world peace was achieved.

Outside of the many fires, and the screaming, and the cursing that everyone else was doing. And that one guy who was apparently putting on a magic show in the middle of the room, pots and ingredients and sharp objects flying as he prepared what had to have been an entire feast…

But who cares about them?

… they did, unfortunately.

Ah, woe is them, their titles and general calm aura had come back to bite them, as people began wandering over.

Kalim walked over to Jamil, bearing his dish with pride. “Look! I did it!”

Jamil nodded absently, taking a tasting spoon and using it for a quick bite. Which he nearly spat out, only just barely managing to swallow it down. “What… why is it so spicy, Kalim? How much cayenne did you put in this?”

“All of it, obviously. The more you make, the more people can enjoy it!”

Jamil sighed. Deeply. And then he shook his head, taking the pot from him. “You didn’t balance the ingredients correctly. Go relax, I’ll fix it.”

“Oh, but you already have your own food to make! I can —!”

“I’ll manage. Go.”

Kalim hesitated. And then he broke out into a wide smile. “You’re the best, Jamil!”

Jamil didn’t respond, already too busy pulling down ingredients to fix it with.

Kalim didn’t expect a response, either, clearly, because he was already heading off to talk to Cater, who was in the middle of the room, his tongue poking out of his mouth as he piped ketchup onto a potato galette. They couldn’t see the design from where they were but, from what Enma knew about the guy, he was sure it looked fine. It might not taste the best, but he was sure it would be Magicam-worthy.

Ah, Cater was getting his phone out. Enma was right.

Sure, it wasn’t a particularly difficult thing to predict, but he can still be proud of himself regardless, right?

Apparently, not, because the universe allowed him to tune back into the conversation right in time to take him down a peg:

“Man, didn’t Crowley say that we weren’t supposed to help each other? Not a single person is following the rules,” said Grim, his gaze finding its way to Ruggie, who was yet another vice house warden who had been stuck making two dishes. Maybe Crowley should start looking into corruption among those in charge of the dorms.

Actually. No. Because Enma was currently benefitting from it.

Shamelessly benefitting from it? It was hard to say, he was very much offended by Grim’s snarky comment and therefore responded in kind, “Says the guy who’s literally exempt on account of not having opposable thumbs.”

Grim huffed. “Which is within the rules!”

“Rules are important,” Riddle said. Every single Ramshackle student froze, for they were not following them. Riddle may not have jurisdiction over them, and his unique magic couldn’t affect them, and he had been getting better… but, hey, if Ito and Enma suddenly huddled closer to hide their cheating, then who’s going to say anything?

Not Riddle, who only raised an eyebrow suspiciously before seeming to remember the task at hand, and that’s all that matters.

Riddle looked at Trey. “The cabbage leaves aren’t all the same thickness. How can I ensure that all of my rolls are uniform? Should I measure their weight in grams?”

Trey smiled fondly. “Some variation is allowed.”

“But…”

“There are very few things in real life that need to be perfect, perfection is pretty much impossible, being ‘close enough’ is – uh – well – close enough.”

Riddle hesitated, before nodding, mouthing the words to himself a couple of times, as if trying to memorize them. And then he flushed, realizing that this, too, was just a habit that was borne out of his need to be perfect, and therefore he was already ‘messing up’.

Trey smiled and knocked his shoulder against Riddle’s. “Hey, at least you’re listening, right? And I’ll help.”

Trey clearly did not mean just in regards to the cabbage rolls Riddle was making, but he was glad to accept his help with that, too.

“Wow, are vice house wardens just mom-coded or something?” Kuroki mumbled.

Ito hit him in the shoulder with their wooden spoon. This did nothing to disprove his point, but it did make Kuroki shut up, so they seemed to take this a win.

And Kuroki got his karmic punishment.

Grim shrieked and jumped ship, into Enma’s arms, which was all of the warning anyone got before they were joined by someone new. Someone terrible.

Floyd Leech.

Kuroki hissed as the boy threw all of his weight into him, immediately slapping his hands onto the table to get some leverage in the kind of practiced motion that suggested this had happened many times before. “Leech-senpai,” he greeted through gritted teeth.

“Yes?” said Jade, smiling pleasantly.

Kuroki probably would have glared if he valued his life any less. Even as it was, Enma could see him scowling at the table in front of him, debating it heavily. “Other Leech-senpai.”

“Oh, me?” said Floyd, throwing even more weight onto Kuroki.

Kuroki was making a valiant effort at schooling his face into something more or less neutral. Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t great at ‘valiance’, so… his efforts probably would have been better spent contributing to his fight against gravity. “Yes. Could you please get off of me? I need to stir this.”

Floyd considered this. And then he shrugged. “Can I try it? I’ve never had anything you’ve made, Koebi-chan, you’re always out on the floor. I gotta know!”

His lips pressed into a thin, annoyed line at the nickname, but he weighed the dialogue options in his head and eventually decided the one that kept him alive was probably the better one: “Sure.”

Kuroki was released, and after stirring his ramen to make sure that everything was mixed well, and absently throwing a noodle at the ceiling to see if it stuck and was therefore fully cooked, he offered a clean spoon to Floyd.

The boy hummed thoughtfully. “Could use a bit more of a kick to it.”

Kuroki mumbled something about how everyone else was wrong. But he still took the spice bottle that was offered to him.

“He’s sensitive,” Enma told Floyd in a conspiratorial whisper that would have done well up on a stage but, in all other scenarios, did not serve the usual purpose of a whisper because it was very loud. Kuroki shot him a nasty look over his shoulder. “In every way. Don’t take it personally, senpai.”

Another clean spoon was used (as is proper when taste-testing dishes in a restaurant) and Floyd nodded his approval.

Kuroki sighed, relieved. “Thanks, man, my taste buds are off.” He took the pot off his burner and smiled at Floyd.

“Oh noooo Covid,” Ito deadpanned. Much to the confusion of everyone, except for Kuroki, who snickered and punched them in the shoulder.

And then he went silent.

He looked at Enma, horror dawning on his expression. “Wait, fuck, you aren’t vaccinated for Covid, are you?”

Enma stared at him blankly for a solid five seconds, and then he remembered the awkward conversation they’d had earlier that month, trying to discern the differences between their realities. It was kind of difficult, considering it was hard to say ‘this is a given in my reality’ because it’s, well, a given. It’s hard to conceptualize differences without reference. But they had figured out one thing: they were from different years. Ito was from 2032, and Kuroki was from 2028. Enma had disappeared in 2020. When pressed about why he hadn’t been wearing a mask (and him only questioning them back as to why he would bother wearing a costume mask for 2020, and whether the Purge had happened or something), he specified that he was from March of 2020, which was vitally important. Apparently, he had narrowly dodged a worldwide pandemic that had kept everyone locked in their houses for years on end. Yay him.

He still wasn’t sure why this was relevant to their newfound lack of proper tastebuds.

Ito, apparently, got what Kuroki was implying, because they gasped and pointed a finger at him. “You bastard! You got me sick!”

“Uh. Sorry?”

“You should be,” Kuroki sniffed. “I managed to get through without a single infection. I’ll never taste anything again now. Evil.”

“What are they talking about?” Floyd asked around a mouthful of ramen, only getting shrugs in return.

“They do this sometimes,” Trey sighed. “They’re like Lilia-kun, I think that they think it’s funny to make up things. Ignore them. It’s what we all do.”

Jade narrowed his eyes.

But, before Jade could press them, Kuroki realized that Floyd was eating the food he’d made and he immediately dragged the pot away from him.

And then he handed Floyd a napkin before the boy could get too mad, trying to distract him: “You have some broth on the tip of your nose.”

It worked, surprisingly. Floyd gave Kuroki a weird look as he took it, dabbing at his nose delicately to get it off.

“You really are a shrimp,” Floyd said, a grin stretching across his lips.

Someone had to be grinning, Enma supposed. Because Kuroki certainly wasn’t.

He cursed under his breath and turned to start portioning the ramen out so they could all have something to eat (it wasn’t like anyone was going to check, and Ruggie was doing it, too, so they wouldn’t be alone in detention even if someone did rat them out). Unfortunately, his hair wasn’t quite long enough to hide the embarrassed flush creeping up his neck.

“Now you even look like one!” he said, poking red cheeks.

“Floyd,” sighed Azul. “Shouldn’t you be making something of your own instead of tormenting our worker?”

“Nah.”

Azul sputtered. “What do you mean ‘nah’?!”

“Nah.”

Azul looked exasperated. He gave Jade a pleading look. Jade was not swayed in the slightest.

“Fine, Azul, I’ll leave Koebi-chan alone. I’d much rather mess with Kingyo-chan instead, anyway!”

Kuroki looked almost offended.

Riddle wasn’t particularly happy about this, either: “And, on that note, I think I’m done with my dish!” he said, before making a break for it.

Unfortunately for him, Floyd ran after him.

Only Trey made moves to help him. Wow, everyone in this school sucks.

Enma raised an eyebrow. “Not going to help Rosehearts-senpai out of solidarity?”

“He didn’t help me!” Kuroki huffed.

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

“Bitch —!”

“Man, there goes our peace,” said Ruggie, eyeing the pair of them warily.

Ito snickered. “Imagine living with them.”

“My condolences,” said Jade.

Ito nodded solemnly.

Enma and Kuroki paused in their bickering to whirl on Ito. “Hey!”

The first round of food tastings was upon them!

Now, if everyone did well, this would be the only round, but that is far too much to ask.

Everyone they cared about got through, surprisingly enough. Ace managed to scrape by with a mac n’ cheese. Deuce’s filet was cut a little strangely but tasted fine. Cater’s dish went off without a hitch – apparently, all that Magicam use was good for something, as he had actually absorbed quite a bit from cooking videos that had come up on his explore page. Trey got through (obviously) and, because of his help, Riddle got through as well.

In a similar vein, the cheaters all got through. Hell yeah, cheaters always win. Jamil and Kalim got through with flying colors, though Crowley noted that Jamil’s plating was a little dull, something that clearly pissed him off, but Jamil grinned and bore it. Ruggie and Leona managed decent grades, too, much to Wolf man’s chagrin, but Wolf man got through as well so the competition wasn’t rigged enough for him to voice his complaints.

Azul got through with his seafood dish, which is what you would hope for, considering he owned a restaurant. He was the only Octavinelle student they knew who did so, though. Floyd presented an empty plate, and almost got through by claiming it was an avante-garde piece but, unfortunately for him, his motivation to lie disappeared a few minutes into his spiel and he fessed up. Jade’s dish paralyzed Crowley’s tongue, so he got sent back despite his dish tasting stellar (or, at least, that’s what they thought Crowley had said, it had sounded more like thetha, because, you know, paralytics).

Enma pretended he didn’t hear Ito mumbling about how smart Jade was under their breath.

He also pretended not to notice when Ito watched on, forlorn, as Lilia walked up to the stage, his abomination spewing green fumes. Enma hadn’t even realized that could happen in real life. Maybe it couldn’t and Lilia had simply made something so bad that the Great Seven decided to use their magic from beyond the grave to warn them all not to eat it. Kind of them.

That was… about all of the people they knew. So, they tuned out everyone to have a little side conversation while they waited for their turns:

“God, he’s so much worse than me,” Ito complained.

Kuroki patted them on the shoulder. “You’ll figure out how to make cosmic horrors one day.”

They looked down at their meal. The day was not today, unfortunately, or least it wasn’t yet late enough in the day. They had made two perfectly acceptable dishes out of habit and had been faced with a critical decision: being nice to Crowley, or working harder. A very difficult choice indeed.

One that they didn’t even actually make. They had turned to Enma and said, “Make it bad.”

Enma… wasn’t sure how to feel about this. He was kind of flattered that they were confident in his terrible cooking skills but, for the same reason, he was deeply offended.

But whatever. He touched the food and it burst into flames instantly. It is what it is.

Just kidding. He set it in a pan and then started tossing it in pure kosher salt. What can he say? Kalim inspired him.

And then it had ended up burned. He wasn’t really sure how, but would he ever admit that out loud? No. He was just very good at his job.

So good at his job that Crowley, despite his attempts to cut his way through the meat in search of an edible part, was unable to find anything he could actually chew, let alone swallow.

Needless to say, Ito failed.

Enma and Kuroki passed! Yay them!

Except… as they watched Ito head back into the kitchen, they realized that their emotional support extrovert was missing. Besides, Ito would definitely need help messing up their next meal, so…

The kitchen was somehow both more and less relaxed during the second round. There were far fewer people, most of them had gone home to enjoy their day off the moment they’d gotten a passing score, but all of the people who were left were terrible at cooking and there wasn’t anything to dilute the potency of burn smells and blood from the sheer amount of people who had cut their fingers on accident.

Floyd was trying to stab one of the ghosts repeatedly. The ghost was a ghost, so this wasn’t much more than a nuisance for him, but it was still fucked up.

And then there was Ito and Jade, casually working in the corner once again. They weren’t really talking, unless you count Ito asking Jade to grab a bowl above his head for them and Jade checking to make sure a knife he wanted to use was clean, but it seemed to be far more relaxed an ordeal than their last conversation in the doorway of the Mostro Lounge.

Enma almost felt bad breaking the calm air.

Almost.

He shared mischievous grins with his friends. The ghost that had let them in gave them an exasperated look. Poor guy was overworked. They would make sure not to inconvenience him too much. As is right – never inconvenience service workers.

Ito, though? Ito was off the clock (well, probably not, he doubted they had clocked out yesterday… but off the job, at least), and therefore fair game.

“Boo,” said Grim the moment they got close, ever the creative one.

Ito dropped the dough they had been testing the elasticity of onto the floor. They looked at it for a moment, depressed, and then seemed to remember their goal was to give Crowley a terrible experience, so they just picked it up and started working it again.

“Ugh,” they complained nonetheless. “How did you even get in here?”

“We have an in, of course,” Kuroki said, smirking.

Ito raised an eyebrow. “How?”

Enma gave them a weird look. “The… the kitchen ghosts are our ghosts?”

“Our…?” Ito repeated slowly, and then they blinked. “Our –?! They’re the ones from our house?!”

“Obviously?” said Enma. “I mean, they look the same and all.”

Ito shrugged. “Honestly, I just didn’t think that those guys would need jobs. If Crowley really forgot they were in Ramshackle at the beginning of the year, I think it’s safe to say that they weren’t paying rent. And, I mean, why do ghosts even work? Not like they need food or anything.”

“Retirees get jobs all the time. Old people get bored just sitting around all day,” Deuce pointed out.

Ito huffed, which was basically their version of conceding on the point.

“What, do you think beheadings are super common here or something?” Kuroki teased.

“They are,” Ace said dully, his metal collar shining beneath the bright lights of the kitchen. Apparently, he had skipped out on flamingo duty. Enma thought it was deserved, but apparently Ace strongly disagreed.

“… actual beheadings.”

Emma grinned. “I mean, apparently they were a huge thing when the Queen of Hearts was around.”

“He’s got a point there,” Deuce mused.

“Whose fucking side are you –?! We’re not in the Queendom!” Kuroki pointed out.

“Better point.”

Ito crossed their arms over their chest, pouting. “I hate you all.”

“No, you don’t,” said Enma confidently.

Ito grumbled under their breath. They glanced at Jade. “Sorry about them.”

“The fuck?” Ace muttered.

Jade laughed, though. Maybe partially at their expressions. “Don’t worry about it, I’m almost done, then I’ll be out of your hair.”

Oh, right! The task at hand!

Enma pointed at the dough. It was sitting there, looking oh-so-innocent despite its recent encounter with the floor. “Oh, were you waiting for me to mess it up?”

“Nono, I’ve got a plan.” They skewered the dough on a metal rod and then presented it before their darling monster. “Go ham, bud.”

Grim lit up. Literally. Because of a sudden overabundance of flames in their nearby vicinity.

Everyone backed up, but Ito didn’t even blink. They watched on with a bored expression as they slowly twirled the food around on their stick, making sure that it got evenly burned.

“Ito…” said Kuroki.

They blew it out once they were satisfied that it was inedible, smiling.

“Done!”

Enma wiped imaginary sweat from his brow. Well, actually, it wasn’t imaginary, fire is hot, but the emphasis on it was entirely for the joke: “I think that’s the longest time I’ve ever seen you without a smile. It was terrifying. Never do that again.”

Crowley looked down at the bread that he had been presented with. It was a simple shortbread, but the food was pitch black. Burned to the point where it had become unrecognizable.

“I’m beginning to sense a pattern,” he sighed, before cutting into it, probably in hopes that the center would be a little bit less scorched. And it was! But at what cost? Somehow, the inside of the loaf hadn’t been cooked at all. He reached a clawed hand into the bread and tore out a wad of pure dough.

He gave Ito an exasperated look.

They batted their eyelashes innocently. “Well, you have to try it to see whether I pass, right?”

Crowley looked like he’d rather die (even though his current best shot at death was eating the ‘meal’ laid in front of him, food poisoning is no joke), but he did eventually shove the wad in his mouth.

The glowing lights in his eyes seemed to gleam brighter.

“It’s… delicious!”

“Fuck, I’m too good at cooking,” Ito lamented, burying their face in their hands.

Kuroki patted them on the back comfortingly.

“Well, despite your apparent lack of technical skills, I fear that if I don’t pass you, I may simply pass away, so enjoy your passing grade, Ito-kun!”

Ito grumbled in Spanish. It was definitely not a PG-13 sentence, but Crowley smiled as if it had been and even had the audacity to say, “You’re welcome!”

“Probably for the best,” they said, despite still seeming put out. “I was going to ramp my way up to rat poison.”

“It would have worked,” Kuroki said, nodding sagely. “I don’t care if he’s a Crow, he’s a rat.”

“Guys,” Enma whined. “Please don’t kill the Headmaster.”

Grim blew a halfhearted jet of flame his way. “But it would be funny!”

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 3 months

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You wanna know what I just realized....You know how in chapters 1-4 MC/Yu kept asking Crowley to go home. But Once Chapter 5-7 they stopped asking to go home and gave up. Why? Did they just change their minds once they got friends or did they just give up on trying completely until Orthro put it back in their brain? Or Did they just gave up on asking adults period?

Oooh, interesting topic 🤔 I went back in each book to see when instances of Yuu asking about going home were brought up and (shockingly) this actually happens very little, maybe a few times max in the main story (not counting the prologue):

***Main story spoilers (INCLUDING book 7) below the cut!!***

In 1-19, Yuu does NOT ask Crowley; Crowley is the one who brings the topic up. He claims he is in the library to research a way to send Yuu home, and definitely is not reading the latest edition to a new novel before anyone else (which, come on, we all know Crowley is just giving a convenient excuse for himself). Crowley's presence here is then used to inform us of a way to dethrone Riddle via duel.

In 2-4, Yuu DOES ask Crowley when summoned to his office. Crowly then says he is busy preparing for an inter-dorm Magift/Spelldrive tournament, so he hasn't made any progress for Yuu. In 2-14, Yuu also wonders about when they will be able to go home while talking around the campus at night, but does not discuss it further with others.

In 3-6, Yuu does NOT ask Crowley; again, Crowley is the one to bring up the topic when trying to get Yuu to convince Azul to stop his shady dealings. He uses their rising food bills and all that "effort" he's putting into researching as a means to guilt trip Yuu into agreeing.

In 4-2, Yuu DOES ask Crowley if he's actually researching. This occurs because Crowley is all decked out for vacationing in a tropical destination, so Yuu of course questions whether he's doing any real work. Crowley defends himself by saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!" and that he's broadening his knowledge base by researching in a southern region.

After book 4, there are no new explicit or even implied scenes of Yuu asking Crowley anything about home. However, 5-33 does feature a flashback to the prologue in which Crowley is struggling to find Yuu's home on a map.

There isn't really a strong mention of Yuu going home in book 6, unless you want to count Yuu talking to Mickey through the mirror and wondering what's on the other side.

7-10 and 7-11 has Ortho to concluding that the mirror with Mickey could be a "connection" to Yuu's original world, and can thus serve as a route home.

Most discussion of Yuu going home is concentrated in the prologue (as it is an important piece of the set-up and explanation for Yuu's presence in Twisted Wonderland), as well as book 7, when the issue becomes very relevant again. There is the occasional instance of Crowley using "oh, there might be information here about a potential way home" as an excuse to rope Yuu into an event's story (ie Glorious Masquerade), but nothing meaningful ever comes from it. These are just contrivances to bring Yuu and Grim along for a more immersive self-insert experience.

If you want a boring answer as to why Yuu asks/seems to care so little about going home and stops completely by the start of book 5, I would wager it's the metacontext. Even in books 1 through 4, Yuu going home is mentioned like maybe once and then is dismissed for the rest of the book. You’ll also notice that in these instances where Yuu going home is mentioned, they are almost immediately then used as a springboard to propel the problem of the week onto them to resolve. Yuu going home isn’t a plot point for most of the main story, it’s a plot device to force Yuu into an OB boy’s path.

There is very little urgency granted to finding a way home because you, the player, WANTS to be in this magical world even if Yuu, the actual in-game character, may be uneasy being away from their friends, family, and home world. Yuu's unease is most likely not depicted or not frequently brought up because it would interfere with the player's enjoyment of the escapism to another world. These desires very obviously clash with one another. However, because the game itself is trying to tell you its story, it has to provide a reason (no matter how nonsensical it is) for there to be no progress made in the search (thus keeping Yuu in Twisted Wonderland), and that reason often happens to be Crowley's incompetence. This is not true of all iterations of Yuu (as the light novel has a strong focus on Yuuya’s anxieties about being in a new world), but it must be this way specifically for in-game Yuu since they are the most easy one for players to project into.

If you're looking for a meatier answer, consider this: book 5 is the turning point in the main story. Before book 5, Yuu seems to defer to Crowley for finding a way home. They don't really wonder or investigate into this area on their own. By the start of VDC/SDC training, it's mid to late winter, or about halfway through the year. Given that Yuu is incentivized by the promise of renovations to let the NRC Tribe boys use Ramshackle as their base of operations, I get the impression that maybe Yuu thinks they'll be stuck in Twisted Wonderland for longer than initially anticipated. Rather than an "I give up", it feels like a "boy, this is taking a while so might as well upgrade the accommodations and make myself as comfy as possible while I wait it out" This thought is helped by the fact that book 5 is also the first time when both Yuu and Crowley don't mention them going home, but also nothing disparaging or hopeless is referenced. As I've said before, we still get a flashback from Yuu which is centered on them going home, so it's clearly still a topic on their mind. It's just not consistently shown to us so as to not interfere with players self-inserting or to avoid making the gaming experience not fun by focusing on Yuu's distress or worries.

Many other significant things happen in book 5 which makes it the "turning point": Malleus reveals his true identity to Yuu, Grim finally going a little feral from the blot stones, and Yuu seeing and speaking with Mickey clearly. From there, Yuu starts thinking about the mirror and how it could lead into another world. They begin to take more agency in their own return, later confiding in their friends about Mickey and what he means for them.

Book 6 mostly glosses over Yuu going home because... well, let's be honest, there's a lot more immediately at stake with six students being kidnapped and experimented on. Yuu's focus and concern is on getting them (and especially Grim) back safely. They weren't thinking about themselves or their own situation back then, they were thinking of others.

Going home returns in book 7 because it has story significance once again. Yuu going back to their own world adds to the growing dread and sense of loneliness that our OB boy for the evening, Malleus, feels over Lilia's departure. It helps to push him closer to the brink of snapping. What's more, this contributes to the overall themes and questions that book 7 poses: those of farewells, change, and leaving friends behind. These are sentiments that Ace, Deuce, and Grim discuss in 7-17, and they parallel Malleus's own anxious thoughts. In all previous books, Yuu's own quest to get home is not closely tied to the themes of a particular book, or it simply was not relevant to mention (it would disrupt the ongoing conflict or pacing).

Finally, to more address each of the specific things asked by the asker (since I know the information in this post is sort of all over the place and might be hard to match up to each question):

[Yuu] stopped asking to go home and gave up. Why?

Yuu did not frequently ask about going home to begin with. (Again, likely because on a metatextual level, the story needs an excuse for Yuu, ie the player, being present in Twisted Wonderland and experiencing its happenings.)

At that point, it comes down to individual interpretation as to why, but personally I believe Yuu realized that the solution was more complicated than just poofing up a portal home, so they decided to make themselves comfortable while they waited for updates rather than keep asking only to be constantly disappointed. Later on, events going on around Yuu become too hectic for them to focus on their own wants.

Did [Yuu] just change their mind once they got friends?

Wouldn’t this imply that Yuu didn’t consider Adeuce and Grim “real” friends until the start of book 5??? I just don’t think that’s true; they were friends way before this point, not hanging out with each other for convenience’s sake. Why would they sit together at lunch every day? Why would Yuu try to help Ace make amends with Riddle? And why would Ace defend Yuu when Riddle insults their upbringing? Why would Yuu try to free the idiots of their anemones at the risk of going homeless themselves? Why would Adeuce use public transportation to go all the way from the Queendom of Roses to Sage’s Island because of a SOS text from Yuu? The same logic goes for the Ramshackle Ghosts, who are very friendly with Yuu and Grim. They play games with them, tell them about the school, and even do Yuu’s chores for them while they’re held hostage in Scarabia.

I also think gaining friends isn’t necessarily a strong enough reason for Yuu to renounce their old life and suddenly be committed to staying. Yes, it can be said that this could change depending on individual interpretation of Yuu—but assuming a very basic backstory, a regular person would not be so quick to forgo their old friends, family, etc. I don’t think new friendships are a significant motivator for Yuu no longer asking about home.

Or did they just give up on trying completely until Orthro put it back in their brain?

Yuu didn’t stop thinking about going home just because they stopped asking about it. Post book 4, they are shown to have flashbacks to earlier discussions of going home. Yuu hardly ever expresses thoughts about their original world or wanting to go back (most likely to not break the self-insert immersion of their character), so it’s easy to perceive this as “Yuu gave up completely/Yuu forgot about it until book 7”.

Or did they just gave up on asking adults period?

I believe Crowley is the only adult Yuu really asks about finding a way back. I doubt Yuu actually thinks all adults are as useless in this endeavor as Crowley is, but we aren’t ever shown Yuu communicating in this manner to other adults. Crowley is the only “required” adult to interact with on account of being the headmaster typically forcing you into the plot anyway. In conclusion (I know I keep bringing this point up, but it’s because I truly believe in it), this is all probably done for convenience and/or to allow the player to fantasize and imagine themselves or their own Yuusonas navigating these circumstances. They don't want to constantly keep the story gloomy by having Yuu angst about how they miss home or how badly they want to go back. They want you, the player, to enjoy the world and the people of Twisted Wonderland and never want to leave, even if it may be contradictory to what Yuu themselves fails to express in the narrative. This is 100% intentional, and it's made clear because it ties in very deeply with the themes in book 7, which is when the idea of Yuu going home becomes extremely relevant again. Book 7 creates an analogy between a digital pet that Malleus owns and how sad he is that its lifespan has to end, that the digital pet is just "fiction designed to amuse". This is also true of what Twisted Wonderland (the game) is. The player is in the same circumstances as Malleus, who is too attached to his fiction and doesn't want to let it go.

As much as the game's structure encourages self-inserting, it cannot be denied that, ultimately, the perspective of the player ≠ the perspective of Yuu. The player does not actually have to worry about never returning home or being stuck in a foreign world, at the mercy of strangers (which, if not for entertainment purposes, would be something truly terrifying to deal with). The player is glimpsing into this other world for fun and can step away whenever they want. Yuu can't.

askhdvasoydvuealalf I know this was a lot, but I hope it made sense and properly communicated my thoughts ^^

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yuurei20 · 6 months

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I was wondering, is there anything in the novels where Yuuya going into a club is brought up? I remember reading that NRC requires its students to join a club, so I wanted to know if the novel covered anything about them with Yuuya.

Thank you so much for this question! You are absolutely correct, Yuuya joined a club and it is explained in the second novel!

"Yuuya and Grim were told by the headmage that they would both have to choose the same club. As they were only able to enroll at all on the condition that they form two halves of a single student, it seemed like a reasonable request to Yuuya, particularly as he has also been charged with corralling Grim, as his prefect. Yuuya had no objection.

Their issue had been not being able to decide on what club to join until right up until the deadline.

Grim had not shown much interest in most of the clubs they visited. He had seemed intrigued by the Science Club, as their activities sometimes involved cooking, and the Pop Music Club, where the members share snacks during breaks, but his stubborn personality led to rejections from club advisors and members alike.

Grim can simply not resist food. While debating what they should do, Crewel had shared with them that, while it involves numerous, complicated procedures, there are students who form new clubs on their own. And that is what they decided to do.

Together they founded the ‘Gourmet Research Club.' Of course, it was Grim’s idea.

‘An’ what’s wrong with it? It’s the best club there is. All the delicious food we can eat.’

‘If there's a relatively easy way to get that delicious food, that is.’

Due to financial restraints it was already difficult enough to acquire gourmet food at all.

With some persuasion Grim had finally been convinced to focus on comparing edible wild plants, and their current mission is to find the apple tree with the most delicious apples on campus.

When Yuuya explained that they were making a list of all the apple trees at the school, Ace and Deuce had burst out laughing."

- Twisted Wonderland the Second Novel

While the first two arcs of the manga seem emphasize the club activities of their two protagonists (kendo for Yuuken in the first arc, judo for Yuuka in the second) and we have Yuuta working at his family restaurant in episode of Octavinelle, we learn in the first novel that Yuuya did not have an after school club activity back in his home world (and may have suffered some peer pressure because of it).

"6th period classical literature class had ended, with Yuuya’s classmates and senpai alike giving him the side-eye as they dispersed to their club activities and he, as usual, hurried to leave for home. He had passed through the school gate, and then—“

- Twisted Wonderland the First Novel

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chernabogs · 1 year

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I feel like novel!Yuu doesn't get enough appreciation, especially the fact that the entire time everything is happening he's just this 24/7